Senate hearing on ASF held
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00:00 Meanwhile, Senator Cynthia Villar verbally sparred with officers from the animal industry
00:05 and the FDA on the issues of rushed delivery of ASF vaccines from Vietnam, which it had
00:12 yet to approve, and charges of nepotism in the approval of ASF vaccines for clinical
00:17 trial by the FDA that our Daniel Manalastas details in this report.
00:25 The Bureau of Animal Industry was on the hot seat during the Senate investigation on the
00:31 problem on Africans' wine fever.
00:33 Senator Cynthia Villar questioned the agency regarding the ASF vaccines from Vietnam, which
00:39 apparently been tested before Vietnam's approval.
00:43 (Video)
01:11 The Bureau of Animal Industry was on Villar's hot seat, the Food and Drug Administration,
01:15 on why it proceeded with a clinical trial without Vietnam's approval.
01:19 (Video)
01:20 The
01:42 Bayi also explained that it was pressure from public clamor to find a speedy solution to
01:49 the ASF.
01:50 But Villar insisted that relying on public clamor is not enough to disrupt or do shortcuts
01:57 on the process.
01:58 (Video)
02:23 Daniel Manalastas, For The Nation.